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Sound Design01What Is Kick Drum Synthesis and How Do You Make a Kick?
Build a kick from a sine wave, shape pitch and amplitude envelopes, and adapt the result for house, techno and psytrance with transparent tool comparisons.
Read the guideSound Design02Modular Synthesis Explained — A Complete Beginner's Guide
Learn oscillators, filters, VCAs and modulation, then build and record a playable modular patch in VCV Rack with a clear signal-flow diagram.
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